Australia: Brandis plays down Bernardi move

From Smh.com.au: A senior Liberal frontbencher has played down reports one of his federal colleagues is moving to maintain barriers on Sharia-compliant financial products. Sharia or Islamic law was incompatible with Australia’s western values, Liberal senator Cory Bernardi reportedly said in a background briefing to party colleagues.

Senator Bernardi said tax officials, supported by the Gillard government, were planning to ease barriers to Sharia-compliant financial products to tap into the Islamic finance industry’s $1 trillion in assets, The Australian said on Tuesday…………………………………….Full Article: Source